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Cardiac arrest without physical cardiac injury during Nuss repair of pectus excavatum

BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrest is a lethal complication of Nuss repair of pectus excavatum which is strongly related to heart or big vessels injury. A rare case developed cardiac arrest without direct cardiac injury during Nuss procedure is presented in this article. CASE PRESENTATION: In July 2015, a p...

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Autores principales: Zou, Jianyong, Luo, Canqiao, Liu, Zhenguo, Cheng, Chao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28738822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0624-2
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrest is a lethal complication of Nuss repair of pectus excavatum which is strongly related to heart or big vessels injury. A rare case developed cardiac arrest without direct cardiac injury during Nuss procedure is presented in this article. CASE PRESENTATION: In July 2015, a previously healthy 18-year-old man undergoing Nuss repair for pectus excavatum developed cardiac arrest while the Nuss bar was being inserted into the chest. After successful resuscitation and exclusion of direct cardiac injury, the Nuss procedure was continued. The patient suffered a second cardiac arrest during rotation of the Nuss bar. This time, the patient had poor initial response to resuscitation and defibrillation until the retrosternal bar was removed. He ultimately recovered well from the episodes of cardiac arrest, but was unable to receive surgical correction of his pectus excavatum deformity. CONCLUSIONS: The possible mechanisms of cardiac arrest and lessons we can learn from this complication are discussed.